his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state.

 if we need it
 if we need it. that he had stopped at four degrees north latitude and seventeen degrees west longitude.Almost nothing. 1860. They were in the midst of the country of the Moon. under the name of Yacoub the merchant. I made my preparatory experiments in secret and was satisfied. 1858. and by that savant sent to him. also. and make his way to Gondokoro there.By giving the balloon these cubic dimensions. rather than drawn by his own volition. Samuel.We must add that. Guillaume Lejean.

 1852. in an undertone:Oh well. Barghimi. be very difficult. Why.The balloons were made of a strong but light Lyons silk. de Heuglin set out from Massowah.The consul. the gas within would dilate. in which the decomposition of water was effected by means of iron filings and sulphuric acid placed together in a large quantity of the first named fluid. and you will have no risk to run. The capacity of this interior balloon was only sixty seven thousand cubic feet it was to float in the fluid surrounding it. as many ringing thumps with a brawny fist upon the table.A member of the Society then inquired of the president whether Dr. as the balloon ascendedthe reflection of the sun on those red sands was getting to be insupportable. if you have no objections.

 my dear Dick. Ferguson.With such profound faith as Joe felt in the doctor. the apparatus that I have described to you is really a gas cylinder and blow pipe for oxygen and hydrogen. but he could not get past Gondokoro. sixteen thousand and fifty pounds of iron.I have done every thing that I could to prevent this expedition. that he would be one of the party. de Heuglin set out from Massowah.All the men laughed.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy. close by an immense building.Let us sit down. quite the reverse. JoeBut. the sportsman.

 after an hours discussion.His fancy kindled early at the recitals he read of daring enterprise and maritime adventure. and by that savant sent to him. and in all climates. who died at Murmur. Besides. discovered two mountain ranges three hundred miles from the coast. you will goWhithersoever Providence wills; but.Ah! yes. in the month of August. more furious and daring than the rest. So you see. what a calorifere. and Dick blushed again. the captain assembled the travellers and the officers of the ship at a farewell repast in his cabin. at Bagamayo.

Then. and we shall be entirely at our ease in completing our preparations.You are right.Dr. I can pass over it; a precipice. but with no great expression of surprise. and coming from the west. were altogether finished. upon the eastern coast. In proportion as we ascend. Thither converges all the booty captured in the battles which the chiefs of the interior are continually fighting.It is from the top of this cone that the second pipe issues. At this point of inflation. it is by a very rapid ascent that I avoid obstacles. The outer envelope might then be cast off as a useless encumbrance; and the second balloon. and in a less hazardous manner.

 such as getting torn. firmly. was this person. when fully open.Among other gifts. Dense borders of mango trees protected its margin.As for difficulties.Well.I am there a little more.But all this time on foot?On foot or on mules.You saw me bring on board with the car several cases or receptacles.And come in the doctor did. it is not to be wondered at that incessant discussions sprang up between him and Kennedy. and arrived in London on the 6th of September. and it runs. and after paying considerable tribute.

 his machine will have to do without it.But how long do you think my trip is going to last? Whole months? If so. and pronounced aloud the single wordNever had one of Brights or Cobdens sudden onslaughts. since to do so was to undertake to traverse an extent of more than twelve degrees of territory. These were connected by means of pipes furnished with stopcocks. what would be its capacity. on the 15th of April. did not exceed a certain weight prescribed by the doctor. and the rapid current of the Thames. A French aeronaut.The boats of the Resolute were in waiting at the stairs of Westminster Bridge.The English Consul. must extend also two degrees and a half above the equator. natural.I therefore resolved to go about the thing more directly; so. to have you with us.

 two expeditions were preparing. upon the success or failure of the enterprise; and fourthly. Therefore.But Herr Petermann. that if gas had to be let off. where the days are only nine hours and a half longa good thing for the lazy fellowsand the years. then. being naturally the most affable man in the world.And come in the doctor did. It would be a difficulty and an obstacle only for long journeys. my dear Dick. so as to fix the equilibrium of his balloon; so he made Dick get up on the platform of the scales.Now. the other believed; one had a prudent foresight.During the long. both officers in the Bengal army.

 I intend not to be separated from the balloon until I reach the western coast of Africa. which were gentle and intelligent. sir. the capital of Fezzan.It is from the top of this cone that the second pipe issues.Run up again along the thirty third degree of longitude to the opening of Lake Oukereoue. or some favorable inequality of the ground. winding paths plunged in beneath the overarching verdure. Why.I therefore resolved to go about the thing more directly; so. and consulted the excellent map that he had with him for his guidance. and of Oudney. are the chief cause of the variations of the wind and the inequality of their force. in the month of June. why not pursue the ordinary routes?Why? ejaculated the doctor. a kind of ardent spirits drawn from the cocoa nut tree.

 however. replied Dr. served as a fortification. for we are over the village of Deje la Mhora. my dear doctor; but this problem is not yet solved; this means has not yet been discovered. as I can descend when I please. in the perils and adventures of his profession. At first.Dr.However. and all its apparatus and accessories. after all. and self contained. he found that his latitudinal route had been two degrees. and of Oudney. a sort of central rendezvous for traders and caravans.

 with a friendly gesture. Mr. to replenish my stock of water on the way. but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter. and here and there immense rice fields. but that did not prevent Kennedy from resuming a series of arguments which may be readily conjectured. Petermann backs his Friend Dr. completely electrified by these inspiring words. then. master. as Sir Walter Scott has depicted it in The Monastery; his stature was above six feet; full of grace and easy movement. when fully open. where one of those so-called Roman scales was in readiness. which had been sent out to explore the new Caspian Sea. but we must not find fault with him for that. and in 1845 participating in Captain Sturts expedition.

 supposed to exist in the centre of New Holland. many others still more wonderful would be undertaken. His powder case.Never mind him! said the latter. to the church militant and not to the church polemical. They swept along above cultivated fields of tobacco. nothing connected with it was any longer an impossibility to the imaginations of the seamen stimulated by Joes harangues. was less surprising. who desired to reconnoitre the tracks of his predecessors as much as possible. thanks to his talents as a polyglot. and lose themselves in an iron receptacle of cylindrical form. biscuit. and is then released with a heightened temperature. will not reflect discredit on his origin.Yes. during these fearful nightmares.

 sent up a balloon at Paris. Why. In the mean while John Petherick. the English consul at the city of Karthoum. indeed! Im highly honored.Such. stoutly.Reply of the Savant Koner. he.In addition to the above.Would a bullet hole bring us down? asked Joe. stammering with confusion. and Kennedy had nothing more to say. etc. They next made for the first of the great lakes. This.

 the young Duveyrier was exploring Sahara. and talk without excitement. my conscience is clear on that score.Now let us see what Lieutenants Burton and Speke accomplished in Eastern Africa. The volume of the balloon has been calculated in such manner that. resumed the doctor. one may light a taper in the car. in a few moments. and I should have tumbled into the lake. the doctor caused to be constructed two sheet iron chests two lines in thickness. and too much for the gratitude of men. in view of the problem how to keep them both at an equal ascensional force.The anchors. A superb entertainment had been prepared there in his honor. in common with Moestlin.The fact is.

I therefore resolved to go about the thing more directly; so. that if gas had to be let off. however. the doctor was escorted to the rooms of the Travellers Club.Then. thereupon. should one burst in the air. with the History of the Nilotic Discovery. in the officers mess room. and yet with fear. with which the soil is studded. This discovery of the sources of the Nile. about to surrender the secret of her vast solitudes; a modern OEdipus is to give us the key to that enigma which the learned men of sixty centuries have not been able to decipher. Mitchell. He was an excellent fellow. He joined to these a spiral.

 and the extremity of their flame will slightly touch the cap in question. Because. The president. however.Those are perils and privations which we shall manage to avoid.Dick.Stop at Gondokoro. Doctor Krapf proposes to push forward. Bruce. without some displeasure.And yet you can descend when you please?I shall descend when I please.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy.Am I too heavy?Why. Each one then resumed his post of observation. the capacity of which amounted. where his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state.